I don't like web sites that try to install things on my computer; so if anybody else was a bit freaked out, you can just install the "pdfedit" package. The web site you linked to is legit, it just spooked me a bit. :)
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WindigoMar 6 '11 at 18:27

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@Windigo If you are referring to the Click to install link then that is perfectly fine as it will just fire up your Software Center where you can then click on Install to install the package.
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Octavian DamieanMar 6 '11 at 19:54

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He was not asking for tool to edit PDF, but just to fill forms.
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gsedejMar 6 '11 at 19:55

Well you CAN full forms using this even the forms which are unfillable can be filled using this.
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AlaukikMar 7 '11 at 11:38

@Alaukik it is interesting.... "forms which are unfillable"... I don't know what that even means...do you mean allowing to fill read-only fields?
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Fr0zenFyrJul 9 '14 at 10:28

Document Viewer (Evince) SHOULD be able to fill in forms, IF the document is a fillable form. Not all documents are fillable! If document does not support form filling the form, you should use tools like PDFedit or OpenOffice Draw

I have tried all the pdf apps in the Ubuntu repositories. All have been buggy and difficult to use.

If you want simply to fill in the blank boxes on a pdf form (such as many government forms), here is what I do:
1/ import the pdf file into GIMP, then export from GIMP into a tiff file.
2/ open LibreOffice Writer, and do;
a/ set the margins to 0.1cm
b/ use edit/page/background/watermark and choose the tiff file for your watermark

You will then have a page onto which you can overlay your typing onto the boxes that are now the watermark. By varying your fonts and sizes, you can get the text very close to where you want it.

Rob, In step 2, do you mean Format/Page/Background/Graphic then choose the tiff file? If that is the case, it does not seem to work. I use Open Office 3.2. Otherwise, I do not see Page under Edit. Neither do I see watermark in Open Office. I hope you tested what you suggest. If you did, please provide the details again. Much appreciated.
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user148152Apr 10 '13 at 0:18

I know very well that PDF documents with forms – and a whole lot more awkward security holes – can be created and that some people actually use this, but I prefer that people do not send me such documents. That's why I use GIMP.

It's also not very different from printing the document and scanning it as a PDF. I don't understand why people actually do "scan to PDF" without involving OCR or some kind of re-vectorization, but this misunderstanding of the format works in my favor.